What is Employee Health & Fitness Month?

Employee Health & Fitness Month (EHFM) is an international and national observance of health and fitness in the workplace, createdby two non-profit organizations, the National Association for Health and Fitness and ACTIVE Life. The goal of EHFM is to promote the benefits of a healthy lifestyle to employers and their employees through worksite health promotion activities and environments. Formerly National Employee Health & Fitness Day,Employee Health & Fitness Month has been extended to a month-long initiativein an effort to generate sustainability for a healthy lifestyle and initiate healthy activities on an ongoing basis.

Employers everywhere are invited to participate in EHFM.Throughout EHFM employers will challenge their employees to create Healthy Moments, form Healthy Groups, and develop a Culminating Project. Participants will be able to log these activities on the EHFM website throughout the month, allowing employers and employees to track, share, and promote their individual and group activities.

Healthy Moments are occasions of healthy eating, physical activity, or personal/environmental health.Examples include: going for a walk; cooking a healthy meal; participating in an exercise class; quitting smoking; scheduling a health assessment and going to the doctor

Healthy Groups are formed to create a sustainable activity continuing even beyond the month.Examples include: walking, jogging or cycling interest groups; healthy recipe or healthy lunch groups; sports team

The Culminating Project is an event or project that promotes health throughout the whole company or community.Examples include: planning a company 5K; planting a community garden; creating a company or family fitness event; adopting a company-wide physical activity standard or policy

When is EHMF?

EMHF is held during the month of May every year. Healthy Moments occur daily, even multiple times a day and are created by individuals and groups. Healthy Groups implement activities to be performed several times throughout the month. Finally, the Culminating Project is developed during EHFM and executed at the end of May.

Where does EHFM take place?

Employers and employees all over the world implement and participate in healthy activities conveniently at the workplace and within their communities.

NAHF is a non-profit organization that improves the quality of life for individuals in the United States through the promotion of physical fitness, sports and healthy lifestyles. NAHF accomplishes this work by fostering and supporting Governor's and State Councils and coalitions that promote and encourages regular physical activity. For more information visit : http://www.physicalfitness.org/

ACTIVE Life is an Austin-based, 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization.Our mission is to make healthy the norm by enlisting and equipping people and places to build and sustain healthy communities. For more information visit : http://www.activelifehq.org/